South Amboy Junction Eviction Risk: Elevated , Perth Amboy
Tract 34023005000 · Middlesex County, NJ · pop 5,237 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
Tract 34023005000, home to 5,237 residents in the South Amboy Junction neighborhood of Perth Amboy, scores 7.6/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 99% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 51% of renter households, a severe level, and 35% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,735 monthly, set against $91,875 in average yearly household income, roughly 23% of income at the averages. About 62% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Risk heat across Perth Amboy and the region
Centroid at 40.5006, -74.2688 · click any tract to drill in
Why South Amboy Junction scores 7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyHow South Amboy Junction compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.SVI percentile: 94
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 95%Socioeconomic
- 88%Household composition
- 91%Racial/ethnic minority
- 72%Housing & transportation
Court-record eviction history
Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 72Total filings over 1 yrs
- 7.49%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.5%Peak (2015)
- 72Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within South Amboy Junction. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Eviction-adjacent indicators
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
- 25.9%Housing insecurity
- 13.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 31.6%Food insecurity
- 18.1%SNAP enrollment
- 14.3%Transit barriers
- 30.8%No health insurance
- 16.8%Frequent mental distress
- 34.0%Any disability
What drives eviction risk in South Amboy Junction
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 9.8/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Perth Amboy eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Middlesex County average of 6.4 and above the New Jersey statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 94th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 72 eviction filings here over 1 tracked years, with about 7.5% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 7.5% of renter households in 2015.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
About tract 34023005000
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Highest-risk tracts in Perth Amboy
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